BBC: US Billionaire forced to relinquish $70M of stolen antiques, banned from antiquities trade

Strong quote from the Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr:

…Mr Steinhardt “displayed a rapacious appetite for plundered artefacts without concern for the legality of his actions, the legitimacy of the pieces he bought and sold, or the grievous cultural damage he wrought across the globe”.

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